Corona Virus Treatment

Not really @ARMANDII, Boris didn't have to hide himself away, all he needed was to set a good example by not holding his daily briefings in a room full of people. We all watch him through the camera lens so it doesn't matter if the camera is in his flat. He could have used the same technology all us home-workers are doing right now to communicate. He would have earned more respect by empathising with us. No one was forcing him to put himself at risk, not the media and certainly not the public, I wouldn't have done what he did especially with a pregnant partner. Don't forget that the media had already cottoned on that it was a bad idea to attend those briefings in person and joined by video link which worked fine.

I agree he is a leader and a determined or obstinate one. He showed that character tonight as he broadcast from his flat obviously looking worse for wear, he might have picked up some sympathy votes there. But he was ill advised to put himself at risk previously and my gripe is that he has tied up some NHS resources better spent on people who catch the bug through no fault of their own. Now he has effectively shot himself in the foot and may be out of action at the time we need him most.

 

But, as I said, testing will only show that you either have, or have not, Covid 19, it won't stop you from contracting the virus which, obviously, I sincerely hope you do not. But as I said, testing should not give you any sense of security as that is not what it is designed to do, or is for. All practical experience, in the UK, shows that by the time the test shows that you have Covid 19 you would already be showing symptoms of it.

 

That wasn't the Media idea, John, that was the Senior Medical Officer idea. By the time, the Media had agreed and it was set up the damage was done.

 

You do speak English, longk, I assure you.
But I fail to see how the test would prevent you from catching Covid 19 as, again, practical experience has show that you would already be showing symptoms when you took the test and by then would have already passed it on to your partner You could have even taken a test shown to be negative and then 2 days later contracted the virus and within another day or two passed it, unwittingly, onto your partner. So, that sense of security you originally said testing gave you would be false.

 

Apart from taking care not to come into contact or anywhere near people I still need to go to get food (as infrequently as possible) and the post still gets delivered.

If it is possible I leave the shopping out of the way without touching it. We have a covered pergola where I leave it and others have their garage. Things that may need to be refrigerated get their packaging washed or wiped. Veggies and fruit are washed.

Mail is treated in a similar way. Any obviously non-important mail is put outside for a week. Other mail is wiped over with a damp cloth before opening and discarding the envelope. The contents are also wiped. The cloth is washed.

We're doing what we can

 

Soapy cloth already used but we have no antibacterial wipes so just doing our best.

 

Hello bit like your cars MOT really